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DETACHABLE HEEL FOR BOOTS AND SHOES. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25. m9.

1,320,179 Patented Oct. 28,1919.

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Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented ocaas, 1919.

Application filed lune 25, 191 91 SeriaLNo; 306,523.

To-aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that L-CHA-RLES1 J SHEPARD,

a citizen of the United Statesaresiding at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of- Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Detachable Heels for Boots and Shoes; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connect-ion with the accompanying drawings, and the characters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this application, and represent, in

Figure 1 a side view partly 1n sectlon, of a heel constructed in accordance with my invention, shown as connected with a sole.

Fig. 2 a perspective view of the heel plate showing the heel in broken lines.

Fig. 3 an under face view of the heel portion of the sole showing my improved plate connected therewith.

Fig. 4 an underside view of the heel portion of the sole showing the locking plate applied thereto, and adapted for use in connection with a modified form of my invention.

Fig. 5 a broken perspective view of a portion of a heel provided with two locking heads for engagement with opposite sides of the locking plate.

This invention relates to an improvement in detachable heels for boots and shoes, the object being to provide simple means whereby a heel may be readily attached to, or removed from the heel end of the sole of a boot or shoe, and the invention consists in the construction hereinafter described and particularly recited in the claims.

In carrying out my invention I employ a plate 6 of suitable size somewhat smaller in dimensions than the heel with which it is to be used. Formed integral with this plate is an outwardly projecting arm 7 formed at its outer end with a head 8. The plate is also formed with a screw hole 9. This plate is embedded in a heel either by molding it into the heel in case the heel is of rubber, or inserting it between layers of leather if the heel is a built up heel, the length of the arm being such that the head 8 will project above'the upper face of the heel. Into the under face of the heel end of the sole 9 I inset a locking plate 10 which- .may be secured in placeby screws 11, and

this'plate is formed with a longitudinal slot 12 corresponding in length to the width of the headS. The plate is also formed with athreaded :hole 13 and the sole is formed with'a recess 11 into which the slot 12 opens. The heel is attached to the sole by turning it at substantially right angles to the sole and inserting the head 8 into the slot 12 and then turning the heel into line so that the head stands transversely across the slot 12, and it may here be noted that the lower edges of the sides of the head are beveled so as to have a drawing action with respect to the plate 10 so as to draw the heel into close engagement with the sole. WVhen turned into position it may be fixed by a screw 15 or other means passed upward through a hole 16 formed for it in the heel through the hole 9 in the heel plate, and into the hole 13 in the locking plate. The heel is thus firmly connected with the sole and can only be removed by withdrawing the screw 15 and giving the heel a quarter turn so that the head 8 can be removed through the slot 12. Instead of forming the heel plate 6 with a single headed arm it may be provided with arms 17 and 18 as indicated in Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings, these arms being spaced apart corresponding to the width of the locking plate and extending inward in opposite directions and having their adjacent faces 19 and 20 beveled, the distance between the faces 19 and 20 also corresponding to the width of the locking plate. In this construction the heel will be formed with two recesses 21 and 22 one on each side of the locking plate 10 which in this case may omit the slot 12. In this construction the heel is turned at an angle to the sole so that the arms 17 and 18 may enter the recesses 21 and 22 and so that when the heel is turned into position the beveled ends of the arms 17 and 18 will engage with the inner face of the locking plate and thus interlock the heel with the sole, the heel being fixed in its final position by the screw 15 or other suitable means.

I claim 1. The combination with a sole formed with a recess, of a locking plate secured to the underface thereof, over said recess, a heel having a plate embedded therein and formed with an arm projecting outward through the upper face of the heel, said heel adapted to be connected with the sole by first applying it out of alinement and then turning it into alineinent, whereby the lookingmeans of the heel engage with the locking plate in the sole, and means for connectingthe heel plate with the locking plate in its alined position.

2. The combination with a sole having a locking plate secured to its under face, said plate formed with a clearance slot, a recess formed in the sole into which the slot opens, of a heel, a heel plate embedded therein and formed with an integral arm provided at its outer end with a head projecting beyond the upper face of the heel and adapted to be inserted into the slot in the locking plate when turned into line therewith and to interlock with the locking plate when the heel is turned into alinenient, and means for coupling the heel plate with the locking plate.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES J. SHEPARD.

Witnesses LOUIS ROSENBERG, Trrrs W. BROWN.

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